…till President Obama weighs in on this case: A man allegedly went on a rampage in Union Square on Wednesday afternoon and left a complete stranger brain-dead in the process. Police said that the attack may have been a hate … Continue reading →
…but sometimes we forget how nit-picky crazy they were [the following excerpt is from The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War]: To enjoy full civil rights under the new regime [in Austria after Germany’s takeover] each person required a … Continue reading →
One of the more interesting things about this video is that it shows that, with more information, opinions could change. Of course, we don’t know how representative these students are of the whole.
Continue reading →This Wednesday Obama plans a twofer, donning the mantle of two previous American giants: President Barack Obama will make remarks on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28 as part of a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of … Continue reading →
The “Republicans are racist” propaganda program continues apace, along with other revisions of history. The Soviets would be so proud! Mona Charen writes: The latest entry appears to be “The Butler,” which misrepresents President Reagan…as, at best, insensitive to blacks, … Continue reading →
Today the WSJ publishes an editorial pretty much along the same lines as my piece on the subject from yesterday. From the WSJ: The death of Christopher Lane, while as troubling as that of Trayvon Martin, will not become a … Continue reading →
Through no fault of his own, aspiring baseball player Christopher Lane of Australia was in the wrong place at the wrong time. “The wrong place” was jogging on a street in Duncan, Oklahoma. The wrong time was when a trio … Continue reading →
…if I’ve got this straight: Americans voted for Obama but are angry that a black man is president. White men are killing black men willy nilly and getting away with it. And that’s why America has become more racist now … Continue reading →
Who do you believe? And do you care?: Winfrey was in Switzerland in July when she walked into the Trois Pommes boutique in Zurich looking for a handbag… She claims the sales assistant refused to show her the black crocodile … Continue reading →
There’s been a new ruling curtailing New York’s controversial police practice of stop-and-frisk: In a blistering decision issued on Monday, the judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, found that on hundreds of thousands of occasions since 2004, the police have systematically stopped … Continue reading →
…but they grind exceedingly fine. Just recently, post-Zimmerman, I wrote a post about former NY Duchess County DA Pagones and Tawana Brawley’s accusations against him. And although I’m glad to see that Brawley is finally paying, money really doesn’t quite … Continue reading →
…are racists calling me uppity. No, Obama didn’t say those words, not exactly. But that’s what he said anyway. For years I’ve marveled at Obama’s subtly clever use of the racism charge, performed while he simultaneously pretends to take the … Continue reading →